IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4400: Exploring the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Childcare PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy: Rationale and Protocol for a Pilot, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224400 Authors: Patricia Tucker Molly Driediger Leigh M. Vanderloo Shauna M. Burke Jennifer D. Irwin Andrew M. Johnson Jacob Shelley Brian W. Timmons Background: Young children are prone...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4401: Tooth Malformations, DMFT Index, Speech Impairment and Oral Habits in Patients with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224401 Authors: Moritz Blanck-Lubarsch Dieter Dirksen Reinhold Feldmann Cristina Sauerland Ariane Hohoff Background: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a developmental disorder with severe negative lifetime consequences. Although knowledge about...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5647: Oligomerization Affects the Ability of Human Cyclase-Associated Proteins 1 and 2 to Promote Actin Severing by Cofilins International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225647 Authors: Vedud Purde Florian Busch Elena Kudryashova Vicki H. Wysocki Dmitri S. Kudryashov Actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilins accelerate actin turnover by severing aged actin filaments and promoting the dissociation of actin subunits. In the cell, ADF/cofilins...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5646: DNA Methylation-Governed Gene Expression in Autoimmune Arthritis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225646 Authors: Barbara Brandt Shima Rashidiani Ágnes Bán Tibor A. Rauch Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease hallmarked by progressive and irreversible joint destruction. RA pathogenesis is a T cell-regulated and B cell-mediated process in which activated lymphocyte-produced chemokines and...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5648: Radio-Enhancing Properties of Bimetallic Au:Pt Nanoparticles: Experimental and Theoretical Evidence International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225648 Authors: Daniela Salado-Leza Ali Traore Erika Porcel Diana Dragoe Antonio Muñoz Hynd Remita Gustavo García Sandrine Lacombe The use of nanoparticles, in combination with ionizing radiation, is considered a promising method to improve the performance of radiation therapies....
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5645: Cell-Free Nucleic Acids International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225645 Authors: Balint Nagy The discovery of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) dates back to 1948, when Mandel and Metais found it in the sera of cancer patients [...]
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5643: A Brief History of Mitochondrial Pathologies International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225643 Authors: Salvatore DiMauro The history of “mitochondrial pathologies”, namely genetic pathologies affecting mitochondrial metabolism because of mutations in nuclear DNA-encoded genes for proteins active inside mitochondria or mutations in mitochondrial DNA-encoded genes, began in 1988. In that year, two different groups of researchers...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5644: Insights into the Effects of Cancer Associated Mutations at the UPF2 and ATP-Binding Sites of NMD Master Regulator: UPF1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225644 Authors: Kalathiya Padariya Pawlicka Verma Houston Hupp Alfaro Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a quality control mechanism that recognizes post-transcriptionally abnormal transcripts and mediates their degradation. The master regulator of...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5641: Cytonemes, Their Formation, Regulation, and Roles in Signaling and Communication in Tumorigenesis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225641 Authors: Casas-Tintó Portela Increasing evidence during the past two decades shows that cells interconnect and communicate through cytonemes. These cytoskeleton-driven extensions of specialized membrane territories are involved in cell–cell signaling in development, patterning,...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5642: Titania Nanofiber Scaffolds with Enhanced Biointegration Activity—Preliminary In Vitro Studies International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225642 Authors: Ehlert Roszek Jędrzejewski Bartmański Radtke The increasing need for novel bone replacement materials has been driving numerous studies on modifying their surface to stimulate osteogenic cells expansion and to accelerate bone tissue regeneration. The goal of the presented...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5640: Novel Descriptors and Digital Signal Processing- Based Method for Protein Sequence Activity Relationship Study International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225640 Authors: Fontaine Cadet Vetrivel The work aiming to unravel the correlation between protein sequence and function in the absence of structural information can be highly rewarding. We present a new way of considering descriptors from the amino acids index database for modeling...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5637: Cloning and Expression Analysis of the BocMBF1c Gene Involved in Heat Tolerance in Chinese Kale International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225637 Authors: Lifang Zou Bingwei Yu Xing-Liang Ma Bihao Cao Guoju Chen Changming Chen Jianjun Lei Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. chinensis Lei) is an important vegetable crop in South China, valued for its nutritional content and taste. Nonetheless, the thermal tolerance of Chinese...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5638: The Novel Perspectives of Adipokines on Brain Health International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225638 Authors: Thomas Ho-yin Lee Kenneth King-yip Cheng Ruby Lai-chong Hoo Parco Ming-fai Siu Suk-yu Yau First seen as a fat-storage tissue, the adipose tissue is considered as a critical player in the endocrine system. Precisely, adipose tissue can produce an array of bioactive factors, including cytokines, lipids, and extracellular...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5635: Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Hyperuricemic Functions of Two Synthetic Hybrid Drugs with Dual Biological Active Sites International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225635 Authors: Rafa S. Almeer Sherif F. Hammad Ola F. Leheta Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim Hatem K. Amin The present study aimed to test the anti-inflammatory and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities of two synthesized molecules and compare them to routinely prescribed nonsteroidal...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5636: Exploring the Molecular Mechanism underlying the Stable Purple-Red Leaf Phenotype in Lagerstroemia indica cv. Ebony Embers International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225636 Authors: Qiao Liu Zeng Li Wang Chen Wang Cai Lagerstroemia indica is an important ornamental tree worldwide. The development of cultivars with colorful leaves and increased ornamental value represents one of the current main research topics....
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5633: Microcalcifications Drive Breast Cancer Occurrence and Development by Macrophage-Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225633 Authors: Manuel Scimeca Rita Bonfiglio Erika Menichini Loredana Albonici Nicoletta Urbano Maria Teresa De Caro Alessandro Mauriello Orazio Schillaci Alessandra Gambacurta Elena Bonanno Background: This study aims to investigate: (a) the...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5639: Maternal Platelets of the Human Placenta: Friend or Foe? International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225639 Authors: Moser Guettler Forstner Gauster Human pregnancy relies on hemochorial placentation, including implantation of the blastocyst and deep invasion of fetal trophoblast cells into maternal uterine blood vessels, enabling direct contact of maternal blood with placental villi. Hemochorial placentation requires fast and...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5632: Mechanisms of Neuronal Death in the Cerebral Cortex during Aging and Development of Alzheimer’s Disease-Like Pathology in Rats International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225632 Authors: Darya V. Telegina Gleb K. Suvorov Oyuna S. Kozhevnikova Nataliya G. Kolosova Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the commonest type of late-life dementia and damages the cerebral cortex, a vulnerable brain region implicated in memory, emotion,...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5634: Identification of MicroRNAs That Respond to Soybean Cyst Nematode Infection in Early Stages in Resistant and Susceptible Soybean Cultivars International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225634 Authors: Piao Lei Bing Han Yuanyuan Wang Xiaofeng Zhu Yuanhu Xuan Xiaoyu Liu Haiyan Fan Lijie Chen Yuxi Duan Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) causes heavy losses to soybean yield. In order to investigate the roles of soybean miRNAs during...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5631: The Bile Acid-Phospholipid Conjugate Ursodeoxycholyl-Lysophosphatidylethanolamide (UDCA-LPE) Disintegrates the Lipid Backbone of Raft Plasma Membrane Domains by the Removal of the Membrane Phospholipase A2 International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225631 Authors: Wolfgang Stremmel Simone Staffer Gert Fricker Ralf Weiskirchen The bile acid-phospholipid conjugate ursodeoxycholyl-lysophosphatidylethanolamide (UDCA-LPE) was shown to...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5629: Using PAR4 Inhibition as an Anti-Thrombotic Approach: Why, How, and When?
IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5629: Using PAR4 Inhibition as an Anti-Thrombotic Approach: Why, How, and When? International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225629 Authors: Simeng Li Volga Tarlac Justin R. Hamilton Protease-activated receptors (PARs) are a family of four GPCRs with a variety of cellular functions, yet the only advanced clinical endeavours to target these receptors for therapeutic gain to date relates to the impairment of platelet function for anti-thrombotic...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5628: RgsA Attenuates the PKA Signaling, Stress Response, and Virulence in the Human Opportunistic Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225628 Authors: Hnin Phyu Lwin Yong-Ho Choi Min-Woo Lee Jae-Hyuk Yu Kwang-Soo Shin The regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins play an important role in upstream control of heterotrimeric G-protein signaling pathways. In the genome of the human opportunistic...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5630: A Multiple Protease Strategy to Optimise the Shotgun Proteomics of Mature Medicinal Cannabis Buds International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225630 Authors: Delphine Vincent Vilnis Ezernieks Simone Rochfort German Spangenberg Earlier this year we published a method article aimed at optimising protein extraction from mature buds of medicinal cannabis for trypsin-based shotgun proteomics (Vincent, D., et al. Molecules 2019, 24, 659)....
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5626: Epinephrine Infiltration of Adipose Tissue Impacts MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells and Total Lipid Content International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20225626 Authors: Pierre Avril Luciano Vidal Sophie Barille-Nion Louis-Romée Le Nail Françoise Redini Pierre Layrolle Michelle Pinault Stéphane Chevalier Pierre Perrot Valérie Trichet Background: Considering the positive or negative potential effects of adipocytes, depending...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1942: Cancer Risk in Collagenous Colitis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111942 Authors: Larsson Dabos Höglund Bohr Münch Giannakou Nemeth Wurm-Johansson Toth Plevris Fineron Koulaouzidis Sjöberg Data on malignancy in patients with collagenous colitis (CC) is scarce. We aimed to determine the incidence of cancers in patients with CC. In a two-stages, observational study, data on cancers in patients diagnosed...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1941: The Effects of Postoperative Astaxanthin Administration on Nasal Mucosa Wound Healing Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111941 Authors: Manciula Berce Tabaran Trombitaș Albu . Background: Wound healing of the nasal mucosa after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is frequently complicated by scaring and consequently recurrences are encountered. Methods of optimizing results have been sought. In the present study we evaluated the effects...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1940: First Evaluation of an Index of Low Vagally-Mediated Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Health Risks in Human Adults: Proof of Concept Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111940 Authors: Marc N. Jarczok Julian Koenig Arne Wittling Joachim E. Fischer Julian F. Thayer Multiple studies have demonstrated low vagally-mediated heart rate variability (HRV) being associated with a range of risk factors for heart disease and stroke, including...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1939: Comments from the Editor of the Special Issue “Type 2 Diabetes: Update on Pathophysiology and Treatment” Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111939 Authors: Tomoaki Morioka The editor would like to offer the Special Issue “Type 2 Diabetes: Update on Pathophysiology and Treatment” to the community of diabetes clinicians and researchers. This Special Issue aims to update our understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of type...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 733: Molecular Characterization of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Reveals Emergence of Drug Resistant O15, O22 and O25 Serogroups Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55110733 Authors: Ruta Prakapaite Frederic Saab Rita Planciuniene Vidmantas Petraitis Thomas J. Walsh Ruta Petraitiene Rasa Semoskaite Rasa Baneviciene Lilija Kalediene Povilas Kavaliauskas Background and Objectives: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are common pathogens...
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 150: Chemical Absorption of CO2 Enhanced by Nanoparticles Using a Membrane Contactor: Modeling and Simulation Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9110150 Authors: Nayef Ghasem In the present work, membrane resistance was estimated and analyzed, and the results showed that total membrane resistance increased sharply when membrane pores were wetted. For further study, a two-dimensional (2D) mathematical model was developed to predict the chemical absorption of CO2...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 275: Urea Cycle Related Amino Acids Measured in Dried Bloodspots Enable Long-Term In Vivo Monitoring and Therapeutic Adjustment Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9110275 Authors: Julien Baruteau Youssef Khalil Stephanie Grunewald Marta Zancolli Anupam Chakrapani Maureen Cleary James Davison Emma Footitt Simon N. Waddington Paul Gissen Philippa Mills Background: Dried bloodspots are easy to collect and to transport to assess various...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 274: Metabolomics Distinguishes DOCK8 Deficiency from Atopic Dermatitis: Towards a Biomarker Discovery Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9110274 Authors: Minnie Jacob Xinyun Gu Xian Luo Hamoud Al-Mousa Rand Arnaout Bandar Al-Saud Andreas L. Lopata Liang Li Majed Dasouki Anas M. Abdel Rahman Bi-allelic mutations in the dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) are responsible for a rare autosomal recessive primary combined immunodeficiency syndrome,...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 273: Production of a New Cyclic Depsipeptide by the Culture Broth of Staphylococcus sp. Isolated from Corallina officinalis L. Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9110273 Authors: Reda F. A. Abdelhameed Sameh S. Elhady Ahmad O. Noor Diena M. Almasri Alaa A. Bagalagel Galal T. Maatooq Amgad I. M. Khedr Koji Yamada A new cyclic depsipeptide (1) has been isolated from culture broth of Staphylococcus sp. (No. P-100826-4-6) derived from Corallina...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 553: Computational Modelling of Metabolic Burden and Substrate Toxicity in Escherichia coli Carrying a Synthetic Metabolic PathwayMicroorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110553Authors:Martin DemkoLukáš ChrástPavel DvořákJiří DamborskýDavid ŠafránekIn our previous work, we designed and implemented a synthetic metabolic pathway for 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) biodegradation in Escherichia coli. Significant effects of metabolic burden and toxicity exacerbation were...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 552: Enhanced Production of Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester with Engineered fabHDG Operon in Escherichia coliMicroorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110552Authors:Ziaur RahmanBong Hyun SungJaved NawabMuhammad Faisal SiddiquiAbid AliAlmando GeraldiSun Chang KimBiodiesel, or fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE), is an environmentally safe, next-generation biofuel. Conventionally, FAEE is produced by the conversion of oil/fats, obtained from plants, animals, and microorganisms, by transesterification....
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 551: Meta-16S rRNA Gene Phylogenetic Reconstruction Reveals the Astonishing Diversity of Cosmopolitan MyxobacteriaMicroorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110551Authors:Yang LiuQing YaoHonghui ZhuNumerous ecological studies on myxobacteria have been conducted, but their true diversity remains largely unknown. To bridge this gap, we implemented a comprehensive survey of diversity and distribution of myxobacteria by using 4997 publicly available 16S rRNA gene sequences...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4081: Cytotoxicity against HL60 Cells of Ficifolidione Derivatives with Methyl, n-Pentyl, and n-Heptyl Groups Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224081 Authors: Hisashi Nishiwaki Megumi Ikari Satomi Fujiwara Kosuke Nishi Takuya Sugahara Koichi Akiyama Satoshi Yamauchi Ficifolidione, a natural insecticidal compound isolated from the essential oils of Myetaceae species, is a spiro phloroglucinol with an isobutyl group at the C-4 position. We found...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4080: Transformation of Psoralen and Isopsoralen by Human Intestinal Microbial In Vitro, and the Biological Activities of Its Metabolites Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224080 Authors: Lu Liu Lei Zhang Ze-Xu Cui Xiao-Yan Liu Wei Xu Xiu-Wei Yang Psoralen (P) and isopsoralen (IP) are the main active ingredients in the dried fruit of Psoralen corylifolia L. (PC), with a wide range of pharmacology activities. The intestinal bacteria biotransformation...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4078: Complex Extraction of Metals in an Aqueous Two-Phase System Based on Poly(Ethylene Oxide) 1500 and Sodium Nitrate Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224078 Authors: Yulia A. Zakhodyaeva Inna V. Zinov’eva Elena S. Tokar Andrey A. Voshkin This article presents an ecologically safe aqueous two-phase system based on poly(ethylene oxide) with a molecular weight of 1500, designed for complex extraction of Ni(II), Co(II), Fe(III), Mn(II), Zn(II), Cu(II),...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4079: Rapid Characterization and Discovery of Chemical Markers for Discrimination of Xanthii Fructus by Gas Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224079 Authors: Kim Jung Jeon Hwang Ahn Xanthii Fructus (XF) is known as a medicinal plant. It has been used as a traditional medicine because of its high biological efficacy. However, there have been few comprehensive studies on the specific chemical composition...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4076: Effects of Forchlorfenuron on the Morphology, Metabolite Accumulation, and Transcriptional Responses of Siraitia grosvenorii Fruit Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224076 Authors: Hongwu Shi Jingjing Liao Shengrong Cui Zuliang Luo Xiaojun Ma Siraitia grosvenorii fruit, called luo-han-guo (LHG), have been used as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and dietary supplements for many years. Mogrosides, the main bioactive ingredients in LHG, are...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4077: Synthesis, Structure and In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of Novel Cinchona—Chalcone Hybrids with 1,4-Disubstituted- and 1,5-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazole Linkers Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224077 Authors: Jernei Duró Dembo Lajkó Takács Kőhidai Schlosser Csámpai By means of copper(I)-and ruthenium(II)-catalyzed click reactions of quinine- and quinidine-derived alkynes with azide-substituted chalcones a systematic series of...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4075: Mushrooms of the Genus Ganoderma Used to Treat Diabetes and Insulin Resistance Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224075 Authors: Katarzyna Wińska Wanda Mączka Klaudia Gabryelska Małgorzata Grabarczyk Pharmacotherapy using natural substances can be currently regarded as a very promising future alternative to conventional therapy of diabetes mellitus, especially in the case of chronic disease when the body is no longer able to produce adequate insulin...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4074: Assessment of the Bioactive Compounds in White and Red Wines Enriched with a Primula veris L. Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24224074 Authors: Maria Tarapatskyy Ireneusz Kapusta Aleksandra Gumienna Czesław Puchalski The aim of this paper was to analyze selected physicochemical properties and the pro-health potential of wines produced in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian region, and commercial Carlo Rossi wines enhanced with cowslip (Primula...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1603: Improving Photocatalytic Degradation Activity of Organic Pollutant by Sn4+ Doping of Anatase TiO2 Hierarchical Nanospheres with Dominant {001} Facets Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111603 Authors: Meiling Sun Weichong Kong Yunlong Zhao Xiaolin Liu Jingyue Xuan Yunyan Liu Fuchao Jia Guangchao Yin Jun Wang Junkai Zhang Herein, high-energy {001} facets and Sn4+ doping have been demonstrated to be effective strategies to improve...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1602: Impact of Co2+ Substitution on Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of CoxZn1-xFe2O4 Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111602 Authors: Mohamed Alzaid Abdelbaky Amghouz García-Granda Abu-Dief In the present work, we synthesized CoxZn1-xFe2O4 spinel ferrite nanoparticles (x= 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) via the precipitation and hydrothermal-joint method. Structural parameters were cross-verified using X-ray powder diffraction...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1599: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Co3O4/ZnO Hybrid Nanoparticles for Triethylamine Detection Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111599 Authors: Yanqiong Yang Xiaodong Wang Guiyun Yi Huimin Li Chuang Shi Guang Sun Zhanying Zhang Development of high performances gas sensors to monitor and detect the volatile organic compound triethylamine is of paramount importance for health and environmental protection. The Co3O4-ZnO nanoparticles composite was...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1600: Effect of Solution Conditions on the Properties of Sol–Gel Derived Potassium Sodium Niobate Thin Films on Platinized Sapphire Substrates Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111600 Authors: Alexander Tkach André Santos Sebastian Zlotnik Ricardo Serrazina Olena Okhay Igor Bdikin Maria Elisabete Costa Paula M. Vilarinho If piezoelectric micro-devices based on K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (KNN) thin films are to achieve commercialization, it is critical...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1601: Two-Step Solvothermal Synthesis of (Zn0.5Co0.5Fe2O4/Mn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4)@C-MWCNTs Hybrid with Enhanced Low Frequency Microwave Absorbing Performance Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111601 Authors: Pengfei Yin Limin Zhang Hongjing Wu Xing Feng Jian Wang Hanbing Rao Yanying Wang Jianwu Dai Yuting Tang In this study, the quaternary hybrid of (Zn0.5Co0.5Fe2O4/Mn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4)@C-MWCNTs with high-performance in low frequency electromagnetic...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1597: Investigation of Pyrophosphates KYP2O7Co-Doped with Lanthanide Ions Useful for Theranostics Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111597 Authors: Adam Watras Marta Wujczyk Michael Roecken Katarzyna Kucharczyk Krzysztof Marycz Rafal J. Wiglusz Diphosphate compounds (KYP2O7) co-doped with Yb3+ and Er3+ ions were obtained by one step urea assisted combustion synthesis. The experimental parameters of synthesis were optimized using an experimental...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1596: Effect of Increasing the Strength of Aluminum Matrix Nanocomposites Reinforced with Microadditions of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Coated with TiC Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111596 Authors: Artemiy Aborkin Kirill Khorkov Evgeny Prusov Anatoly Ob’edkov Kirill Kremlev Igor Perezhogin Michail Alymov Aluminum matrix composites reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are promising materials for applications...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1595: DBD Plasma Combined with Different Foam Metal Electrodes for CO2 Decomposition: Experimental Results and DFT Validations Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111595 Authors: Ju Li Xingwu Zhai Cunhua Ma Shengjie Zhu Feng Yu Bin Dai Guixian Ge Dezheng Yang In the last few years, due to the large amount of greenhouse gas emissions causing environmental issue like global warming, methods for the full consumption and utilization of greenhouse...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1598: Bias Tunable Photocurrent in Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Heterostructures with Photoresponse Enhanced by Carbon Nanotubes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111598 Authors: Antonio Di Bartolomeo Filippo Giubileo Alessandro Grillo Giuseppe Luongo Laura Iemmo Francesca Urban Luca Lozzi Daniele Capista Michele Nardone Maurizio Passacantando Metal-insulator-semiconductor-insulator-metal (MISIM) heterostructures, with rectifying...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2736: Rice Bran Derived Bioactive Compounds Modulate Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Updated Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112736 Authors: Nancy Saji Nidhish Francis Lachlan J. Schwarz Christopher L. Blanchard Abishek B. Santhakumar Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are two chronic diseases that have claimed more lives globally than any other disease. Dietary supplementation...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2733: Dysregulated Iron Metabolism-Associated Dietary Pattern Predicts an Altered Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112733 Authors: Anggun Rindang Cempaka Sung-Hui Tseng Kuo-Ching Yuan Chyi-Huey Bai Alexey A. Tinkov Anatoly V. Skalny Jung-Su Chang Diet plays an important role in the development of obesity and may contribute to dysregulated iron metabolism (DIM). A cross-sectional survey of 208 adults was conducted...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2734: Management of Cow’s Milk Allergy from an Immunological Perspective: What Are the Options? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112734 Authors: Knol Jong Ulfman Tiemessen The immunological mechanism underlying Immunoglobuline E (IgE)-mediated cow’s milk allergy has been subject to investigations for many years. Identification of the key immune cells (mast cells, B cells) and molecules (IgE) in the allergic process has led to the understanding...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2732: Validation of a Vitamin D Specific Questionnaire to Determine Vitamin D Status in Athletes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112732 Authors: D. Enette Larson-Meyer Corey S. Douglas Joi J. Thomas Evan C. Johnson Jacqueline N. Barcal Jenna E. Heller Bruce W. Hollis Tanya M. Halliday The study objective was to validate a food frequency and lifestyle questionnaire (FFLQ) to assess vitamin D intake and lifestyle factors affecting status. Methods:...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2735: Do Consumers Care about Nutrition and Health Claims? Some Evidence from Italy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112735 Authors: Azzurra Annunziata Angela Mariani This study investigates Italian consumer knowledge and use of nutrition and health claims (NHCs). Six specific claims are examined on the basis of a web survey carried out on a sample of 504 consumers. Our results show that there is little attention to NHCs and their use is not widespread; objective...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2731: Nutritional Contingency Reduces Alcohol Drinking by Altering Central Neurotransmitter Receptor Gene Expression in Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112731 Authors: Starr Villavasso Cemilia Shaw Elena Skripnikova Krishna Shah Jon F. Davis Sunil Sirohi We have previously shown that 6 weeks of intermittent high-fat diet (Int-HFD) pre-exposure significantly reduced alcohol drinking in rats, providing preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2729: The Impact of Postnatal Systemic Steroids on the Growth of Preterm Infants: A Multicenter Cohort Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112729 Authors: Carlos Zozaya Alejandro Avila-Alvarez Fermín García-Muñoz Rodrigo María L. Couce Luis Arruza Cristina Fernandez-Perez Abdón Castro María Teresa Cuesta Beatriz Vacas Máximo Vento Miguel Saenz de Pipaón Postnatal steroids, often used to prevent and treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2730: Multiple Micronutrient Powder Reduces Vitamin E Deficiency in Brazilian Children: A Pragmatic, Controlled Clinical Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112730 Authors: Lina M. C. Lobo Raquel M. Schincaglia Maria do Rosário G. Peixoto Maria Claret C. M. Hadler Multiple micronutrient powder supplementation is a health promotion strategy, but data on its effectiveness regarding vitamin E are rare. The objective was to evaluate the impact of home fortification...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 595: Muscle to Brain Partitioning as Measure of Transporter-Mediated Efflux at the Rat Blood–Brain Barrier and Its Implementation into Compound Optimization in Drug Discovery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110595 Authors: Cui Lotz Rapp Klinder Himstedt Sauer Movement of xenobiotic substances across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is tightly regulated by various transporter proteins, especially the efflux transporters...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 152: Implementing Immunizing Pharmacy Technicians in a Federal Healthcare Facility Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7040152 Authors: Kimberly McKeirnan Gregory Sarchet Background: Pharmacy technicians are legally allowed to administer immunizations in specific U.S. states, provided they meet certain criteria, including the completion of an accredited immunization training course. Immunizing pharmacy technicians were incorporated into an Indian Health Services...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 151: Exploring the Health Care Challenges and Health Care Needs of Arabic-Speaking Immigrants with Cardiovascular Disease in Australia Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7040151 Authors: Erini Abdelmessih Maree-Donna Simpson Jennifer Cox Yann Guisard The Arabic-speaking immigrant group, which makes up the fourth largest language group in Australia, has a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to explore the health care challenges...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 496: Highly Predictive Genetic Markers Distinguish Drug-Type from Fiber-Type Cannabis sativa L Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110496 Authors: Fidelia Cascini Alessio Farcomeni Daniele Migliorini Laura Baldassarri Ilaria Boschi Simona Martello Stefano Amaducci Luigi Lucini Jamila Bernardi Genetic markers can be used in seeds and in plants to distinguish drug-type from fiber-type Cannabis Sativa L. varieties even at early stages, including pre-germination...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 495: Leaf Senescence: The Chloroplast Connection Comes of Age Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110495 Authors: Martín L. Mayta Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei Néstor Carrillo Anabella F. Lodeyro Leaf senescence is a developmental process critical for plant fitness, which involves genetically controlled cell death and ordered disassembly of macromolecules for reallocating nutrients to juvenile and reproductive organs. While natural leaf senescence is primarily associated...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 490: Systematic Analysis of Alkaline/Neutral Invertase Genes Reveals the Involvement of Smi-miR399 in Regulation of SmNINV3 and SmNINV4 in Salvia miltiorrhiza Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110490 Authors: Hong Zhou Caili Li Xiaoxiao Qiu Shanfa Lu Alkaline/neutral invertases (NINVs), which irreversibly catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose into fructose and glucose, play crucial roles in carbohydrate metabolism and plant development. Comprehensive insights into...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 493: Floral Organogenesis in Three Members of the Tribe Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110493 Authors: Chang Downie Peng Sun Three species (Aconitum taipeicum, Delphinium giraldii, and Consolida ajacis) of the tribe Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae) were examined using scanning electron microscopy and histological methods. The results showed that members of Delphinieae differ from their polysymmetrical relatives by four unique features:...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 492: Asparagine Synthesis During Tobacco Leaf Curing Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110492 Authors: Bovet Cheval Hilfiker Battey Langlet Broye Schwaar Ozelley Lang Bakaher Laparra Goepfert Senescence is a genetically controlled mechanism that modifies leaf chemistry. This involves significant changes in the accumulation of carbon- and nitrogen-containing compounds, including asparagine through the activity of asparagine synthetases....
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 494: In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-Candida spp. Activity of Plant-Derived Products
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 494: In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-Candida spp. Activity of Plant-Derived Products Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110494 Authors: Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso Brenda Lorena Balbino Géssica Andrade Maria Cecilia Pereira Sacardo Dias Tavane Aparecida Alvarenga Rita Cássia Nascimento Pedroso Letícia Pereira Pimenta Rodrigo Lucarini Patrícia Mendonça Pauletti Ana Helena Januário Marco Túlio Menezes Carvalho Mayker Lazaro Dantas Miranda Regina Helena...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 491: Role of Salicylic Acid and Components of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway in Basal and Cultivar-Related Resistance of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) to Verticillium longisporum Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110491 Authors: Xiaorong Zheng Birger Koopmann Andreas von Tiedemann Enhanced resistance is a key strategy of controlling ‘Verticillium stem striping’ in Brassica napus caused by the soil-borne vascular pathogen Verticillium longisporum....
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 489: Nitric Oxide Is Involved in the Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle Induced by the Appropriate Ammonium: Nitrate to Mitigate Low Light Stress in Brassica pekinensis Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110489 Authors: Linli Hu Yutong Li Yue Wu Jian Lv Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda Zhongqi Tang Weibiao Liao Alejandro Calderón-Urrea Jianming Xie Jihua Yu Low light intensity is common in northern China due to fog or haze, and causes stress...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 625: “What I’ve Seen with Your Eyes”: Relational Theology and Ways of Seeing in Blade Runner Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110625 Authors: Leah D. Schade Emily Askew This paper examines the theme of relational theology in the Blade Runner science fiction franchise by exploring the symbolism of eyes and sight in the films. Using the work of ecofeminist theologian Sallie McFague, we explore the contrast between the arrogant, detached eye of surveillance (what...
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Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 116: Tail Dependence in Financial Markets: A Dynamic Copula Approach Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7040116 Authors: Federico Pasquale Cortese This article is concerned with the study of the tail correlation among equity indices by means of dynamic copula functions. The main idea is to consider the impact of the use of copula functions in the accuracy of the model’s parameters and in the computation of Value-at-Risk (VaR). Results show that copulas provide more...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 309: Are Smart-City Projects Citizen-Centered? Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8110309 Authors: Sánchez-Teba Bermúdez-González Smart cities have become a new urban model for thinking and designing cities in the connected society. It is time to ask ourselves what kind of city we want and need. There is still a long way to go in relation to the role of citizenship in the field of smart cities. This autoethnography reveals different contradictions...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 234: A Comparison of Two Commercial Swim Bench Ergometers in Determining Maximal Aerobic Power and Correlation to a Paddle Test in a Recreational Surfing Cohort Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110234 Authors: James Furness Linley Bertacchini Lisa Hicklen Dane Monaghan Elisa Canetti Mike Climstein The recent addition of surfing to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has fueled a surge in commercial and research interest in understanding the physiological demands...
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Toxics, Vol. 7, Pages 57: Releases of Fire-Derived Contaminants from Polymer Pipes Made of Polyvinyl Chloride Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics7040057 Authors: Ngee Sing Chong Saidi Abdulramoni Dwight Patterson Heather Brown In order to assess the human exposure risks from the release of contaminants from water pipes made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), experiments were carried out by subjecting the PVC pipe material to burning and leaching conditions followed by analysis of the emission...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 657: Structure–Function Relationships of the Repeat Domains of RTX Toxins Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110657 Authors: Ulrich Baumann RTX proteins are a large family of polypeptides of mainly Gram-negative origin that are secreted into the extracellular medium by a type I secretion system featuring a non-cleavable C-terminal secretion signal, which is preceded by a variable number of nine-residue tandem repeats. The three-dimensional structure forms a parallel β-roll,...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1050: The Capsid Protein of Hepatitis E Virus Inhibits Interferon Induction via Its N-terminal Arginine-Rich Motif Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111050 Authors: Shaoli Lin Yonglin Yang Yuchen Nan Zexu Ma Liping Yang Yan-Jin Zhang Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes predominantly acute and self-limiting hepatitis. However, in HEV-infected pregnant women, the case fatality rate because of fulminant hepatitis can be up to 30%. HEV infection is zoonotic for some...
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Vision, Vol. 3, Pages 62: Vision and Hyper-Responsiveness in Migraine Vision doi: 10.3390/vision3040062 Authors: Aldrich Hibbard Wilkins : We investigated contrast processing in relation to visual comfort from coloured light in individuals with migraine. In Experiment 1, 24 individuals who experienced migraine with aura (MA), 15 migraine without aura (MO), and 23 healthy controls, identified which of four patterns, one in each quadrant, had the greatest contrast. Although there...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2363: Impact of Human Activities and Natural Processes on the Seasonal Variability of River Water Quality in Two Watersheds in Lampung, Indonesia Water doi: 10.3390/w11112363 Authors: Rahmah Dewi Yustika Hiroaki Somura Slamet Budi Yuwono Tsugiyuki Masunaga This study identified seasonal water quality characteristics in two adjacent mountainous rivers (Sangharus and Sekampung Hulu Rivers) in Lampung, Indonesia and determined the impacts of fertilizer application...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2362: Passage Performance of Technical Pool-Type Fishways for Potamodromous Cyprinids: Novel Experiences in Semiarid Environments Water doi: 10.3390/w11112362 Authors: Sanz-Ronda Bravo-Córdoba Sánchez-Pérez García-Vega Valbuena-Castro Fernandes-Celestino Torralva Oliva-Paterna Endemic freshwater fish from semiarid environments are among the most threated species in the world due to water overexploitation and habitat fragmentation problems....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2361: Estimating River Discharges in Ungauged Catchments Using the Slope–Area Method and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Water doi: 10.3390/w11112361 Authors: Shengtian Yang Pengfei Wang Hezhen Lou Juan Wang Changsen Zhao Tongliang Gong River discharge is of great significance in the development of water resources and ecological protection. There are several large ungauged catchments around the word still lacking sufficient hydrological data. Obtaining accurate...
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